Social Skills Group
The Social Skills Group is a series of group sessions for children
who have difficulty with social skills, such as eye contact, sharing,
talking turns speaking, controlling emotions, handling frustration,
learning social cues from other people while relating to them,
understanding semantics, pragmatics of language, etc.
The group sessions are based on Dr. Tony Attwood's Social Skills
training program.
Each group session is structured and includes role-playing and projects.
The Social Skills Groups will benefit children who have been
diagnosed with:
- High Functioning Autism
- Asperger's Syndrome
- ADHD
- Tourette's Syndrome
- PDD
Psychoeducational Training Classes for
Parents of Children with Developmental Disorders
The goals of this group are to:
- To increase the parents' knowledge about developmental
disorders, such as ADHD and related conditions.
- To provide a forum where parents of special needs
children can speak freely about common questions and concerns.
- To provide information and strategies for treatment.
- To provide information and strategies for management behavior
at home and at school.
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